Comments on: Teh belly of teh beast

By: Ernie

Ernie — Sat, 24 May 2008 06:16:01 +0000

As bad as Cali is, things could be worse: this from Jolly Olde England today, as seen on the FoxColorado website (while trying to figure out from Iraq whether my house survived the tornadoes): “Officers are using powers under Section 60 of the Public Order Act which allow them to search people for knives and guns without reasonable suspicion they may be carrying a weapon.” The headline read thusly “Knife Crime Measures Like Stop And Search Could ‘Antagnoise’ Young People.” You just can’t make this stuff up, who’d believe it?

By: ASM826

ASM826 — Sat, 24 May 2008 00:26:34 +0000

Matches, lighters, lockblade knives, machetes, axes, Coleman stove fuel. Even a copy of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights( if you want something really dangerous). We salute the flag, say group grace before meals, and strive to live out the Oath and Law as best we can. With a Troop SM that served in the Army in 2 wars and 3 ASMs with service time in the Marines.
Pretty good Troop. And now you know what my posting name means.

By: blackeagle603

blackeagle603 — Fri, 23 May 2008 23:44:08 +0000

“The milieu was claustrophobic, some among the neighbors bordering on feral, …”

(snork, splurt coffee, lol)

All I can say is “Welcome to enlisted berthing Cap’n.”

By: MissBirdlegs in AL

MissBirdlegs in AL — Fri, 23 May 2008 21:26:16 +0000

LOL, Marianne! I know a lot of folks who’d join that party in a heartbeat… and they ain’t all from TX.

By: Pixelkiller

Pixelkiller — Fri, 23 May 2008 21:16:13 +0000

An afterthought on the “Left-Coast Insanity:
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Lazarus Long (remember him?)
A character in Time Enough for Love by Robert A. Heinlein. From Page 47 in The Notebooks of Lazarus Long.
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Political tags–such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, conservative, and so forth–are never basic criteria. The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire. The former are idealists acting from highest motives for the greatest good of the greatest number. The latter are surly curmudgeons, suspicious and lacking in altruism. But they are more comfortable neighbors than the other sort.

By: Pixelkiller

Pixelkiller — Fri, 23 May 2008 21:03:54 +0000

Two hours of “mind wipe” and “re-education” for carrying a lighter? Damn!
You can drive and you can be a soldier, but no lighters!
In my youth, (a long time ago), there would be a coffee cup in there with my name on it.
For further insanity farther north, check out: http://americandigest.org/ and look down for a file name under “Tin Foil Brigade” where in there is an article on new sin taxes coming to SFO.
Indeed, California is digging a hole for itself that has no bottem.